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Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels strikes out against the Oakland Athletics during a spring training game on March 28, 2022, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John W. Miller
It’s time for baseball season, and that means games that are too long, teams that aren’t competitive and the exploitation of minor league players. Blame the major leagues and their monopoly status.
A Palestinian flag in Silwan, one of the few neighborhoods in East Jerusalem were large numbers of Palestinians still reside. (iStock/DZarzycka)  
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jeff Wright
For more than a decade, a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem has suffered noise and damages to homes from excavation work for a “Bible Park,” and residents fear they will be pushed out entirely.
Pope Francis meets refugees from Ukraine during his general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on March 30, 2022.  (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Gregory M. ReichbergOle Jakob Løland
By tempering his rhetoric on Ukraine, the pope is protecting his role as a peacemaker. He is also downplaying any conflict between Western Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
FaithShort Take
J.D. Long García
When talking about gun control policies, we must center our conversation around the sanctity of human life.
A depiction of what Pollyanna would look like if she were a flower, maybe. (A purple flower grows out of a crack in the sidewalk.)
Arts & CultureShort Take
Joe Hoover, S.J.
The maligning of this girl’s good name has to end. And, at least in our pages, it will end.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Charles C. Camosy
In recent years, a new kind of hostility has developed toward any hint of faith in the practice of health care. But the idea that health care must be a religion-free zone is absolutely bizarre.